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Specific abilities required by medical personnel that are essential to the success of the medical mission during deployed operations.
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Applied to medical personnel, this includes all of the clinical and nonclinical individual and team requirements necessary to accomplish the deployed mission.
Service personnel who are authorized to perform health care functions. This includes members of the Active and Reserve Components.
Medical care provided to Service members and beneficiaries from healthcare facilities and medical support organizations owned by the DoD.
Individuals eligible for health care services in accordance with Chapter 55 of Title 10, United States Code.
Relocated from a person’s regular, fixed duty location to a temporary duty location that is in support of a DoD-supported operation.
Persons authorized to receive care in accordance with Chapter 55 of Title 10, United States Code, who are not currently a member of the Military Services (any component). This includes family members of active duty military personnel, ...
Clinical practice that is relevant to a provider or provider team’s ability to perform their assigned deployed role. This would include MTF-based practice as well as clinical experience gained through partnerships. Also ...
Possession of the appropriate KSAs required to perform duties of a Service member’s assigned specialty in a deployed or operational setting.
Treatment facilities that are physically separate from an inpatient military MTF; staffed exclusively or primarily by contractor personnel; dedicated to treating DoD beneficiaries unless primarily serving Service members; and operated in ...
A health care professional who, in accordance with the regulations of care provider a Military Department or the DHA, is granted clinical practice privileges to provide health care services in a MTF, in accordance with DHA Procedures Manual ...
Medical care provided by civilian providers, including individuals, groups, hospitals, and clinics, who have agreed to accept TRICARE beneficiaries. Providers in the purchased care system generally deliver healthcare at negotiated ...
A subset of questions from the Data Quality Management Control (DQMC) Review List that the MTF commander or director approves and submits to the DHA DQMC Program Manager. The DQMC Workgroup updates this statement annually.
The commander or director of an MTF established for the purpose of furnishing medical or dental care to eligible individuals.
A set of questions to assist MTFs in identifying and correcting financial and clinical workload data problems. The DQMC Workgroup updates this list of questions annually, concurrently with the Commander’s DQ Statement.
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